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Northland Tsunami Alert: Hundreds wait out tsunami threat at Waitangi
5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Bay of Plenty holidaymaker John Fitzgerald, with Lisa Jeffrey, Rita Fitzgerald and Ian Jeffrey, scans the horizon for waves from the evacuation area at Waitangi Golf Course. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
As many as 500 people gathered on high ground at Waitangi Golf Course during yesterday s tsunami warning triggered by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake 1000km northeast of Cape Reinga.
As well as evacuations on land many boaties heeded warnings, broadcast on Russell Radio, to move to water at least 40m deep.